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Perry Brownies Plant Trees
Perry Brownie Troop No. 231 planted two Oriental Flowering Cherry
trees in front of city hall recently as one of their community service
projects. Shown here are the brownies looking over their hard work. The
troop is under the leadership of Mrs. Brenda Bryant (far right) and Mrs.
Louise Revel (left).
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First Baptist Church
Edison Was A Genius
For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him
shall be much required. -
Luke 12:48
Not many men have
captured the American
imagination as much as
Thomas A. Edison. He
combined the type of
rugged individualism
which we have admired
with an almost uncanny
ability to see into the
heart of things and a
concern for his fellow
men.
One night on a railroad
ferry, the crowd was
pushing forward to get off
the boat as it pulled into
the slip at Hoboken. One
man was slouched in a
corner in a drunken
sleep, but no one paid him
any attention. One aged
man went over, however,
and shook the man,
shouting into his ear:
“Hoboken!" People
turned and recognized
Edison, noting that he
was not too proud to help
a sleeping drunk.
He once hired a college
trained "expert" to work
in his lab. The first job he
gave to the man was to
find the cubic contents of
a light bulb. With slide
rule and sharp pencils,
the expert measured the
bulb from every possible
angle. Several hours
later, he came to Edison
with his answer.
"You are at least 10
percent off," Edison
replied. But the expert
insisted that he was
right; therefore Edison
then made a tiny hole in
the end of the bulb, filled
it with water, poured the
water into a measuring
cup, and in two minutes
had the answer. Sure
enough, the expert was 10
The Houston
Home Journal
VOL. 108 NO. 15
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percent off as well as
three or four hours slower
in his answer.
He lost two million
dollars worth of equip
ment and the records of
much of his life's work in
a fire in 1914 that prac
tically destroyed the
Great Edison industries
in West Orange, NJ. His
son Charles found him
near the fire, his face
ruddy in the glow, and his
The Fireside
Book Review
From The Perry Bookstore
BY CHARLES HARDY
V /
Saturday Night Live; ed.
Anne Beatts and John
Head; Avon; $6.95.
Hey, I know, you're
going to say, "Why are
you doing that book now?
its been out five months
and the season run of the
show is about over." My
only reply, in the words of
that great occasional
host, is, "Excuuuuuuuuse
me!" No, but really,
you're the kind of person
who waits anxiously all
Saturday evening
through reruns of Hee
Haw and the antics of
Archie Bunker for those
magical words, "Live
from New York City, its
Saturday Night Live!"
Well wait no longer.
Between supper and 11:30
on Saturday night you
can roll on the floor
laughing at the Saturday
Night Live book.
They are all In its
pages; Belushi, Aykroyd,
Curtain, Radner, Morris,
Newman, Murray and
even old C. Chase. The
personality profile that
accompanies Dan
Aykroyd's picture says
that he was, "Found in a
basket floating in the
Hudson Bay area of
Canada by Eskimos, he
was frozen stiff and left
for dead. To the best of
his recollection he was
thawed out by a confused
mother sea lion ... later
he joined a biker-mime
troup."
No, really, the book has
all the appearances of a
paperback scrapbook. It
contains actual scripts
from past shows which
include the cone heads,
killer bees, Mr. Mike,
phony commercials and
political parodies. In one
skit Gerald Ford is shown
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white hair blown by the
winter winds. Edison told
his son to find his mother
and bring her to him,
saying: "She'll never see
anything like this again
as long as she lives."
Walking about the
charred embers the next
morning, he said: "There
is a great value in
disaster. All our mistakes
are burned up. Thank
God, we can start anew."
bumbling around the oval
office in an old Michigan
football helmet to protect
him from his own ac
cident-prone tendencies.
And now for a typical
report from the Weekend
Update News, "Ugandan
President Idi Amin an
nounced he will undergo a
species-change operation
in an effort to become a
human being. If the
operation is successful,
Amin says he will pursue
a career on American
television. And if It is not
successful, he will pursue
a career on American
television." Back to you,
Jane.
Os course you think the
show is outrageous. The
Saturday Night Live book
contains two scripts that
were censored because of
bad taste. One such skit
was to feature Raquel
Welch and deal with a
certain part of the female
anatomy. I do not have to
tell you which part;
tacky, tacky.
Speaking of bad taste,
here's one skit which was
not censored, "Super
Bass-O-Matlc" Dan:
Here's how it works.
Catch a bass, remove
hook and drop the bass,
that's the whole bass, Into
SUPER BASS-O-MATIC
'76. Now, adjust BASS-O
MATIC'S control dial
according to how thick
you like your bass.
(TURN'S BLENDER
ON. BLENDER
REDUCES FISH TO
PULP.) Laralne:
(DRINKS GLASS FULL
OF BASS FROM
BLENDER) "Mmm,
that's good bass!"
I'm sorry If this sounds
rough, but this is the way
I feel. Nowgetotta here, I
mean it.
Porky Sez: y —' v
"Hey Slick, the mind
f is like the stomach. It ain't \
I how much you put into it I
\. that counts, but how /
\ much it digests."
JACKIE K. COOPER
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It was a pleasant
surprise for me this week
to find out that Perry
High School is going to
present a musical ex
travaganza on April 27, 28
and 29. It is called
"Showtime 78" and will
involve around seventy
kids on stage plus a fif
teen piece stage band. It
Is being presented by the
YoMen Club and all
proceeds will go to pay
for band uniforms.
I was expecially glad
that Paul Shelton called
and told me about it
because I had been giving
such a big plug to Warner
Robins High School's
"Follies" and I want to
give coverage to the
hometown events first. Os
course it is to our benefit
to attend all of these
programs because they
really are good en
tertainment.
So let's put April 27, 28
and 29 on our calendars.
The show will start at
8:00. Tickets can be
bought in advance at
Sinyards, the Eastgate
Branch of the Bank of
Perry, from members of
the Perry Band Boosters
Club or from YoMen
members. See you there.
The Macon Concert
Association is starting its
membership drive for its
season starting this fall.
There are four concerts!
held each season at
Wesleyan Concert and
ticket prices range from
$18.72 to $13.52. This is a
total price, not for in
dividual concerts so you
can see how much you
can save by becoming a
member. Call 746-9401 in
Macon for more in
formation.
If you have been
reading this column this
year then you may have
noticed that I have been
less than overly im
pressed with the plays
presented at Macon Little
Theater this season. Its
not that they were bad,
they (ust weren't extra
special. Well they are
presenting a play now
called "Luv" that Is extra
special. I urge you to go
to see it. It will be playing
thru Saturday night and
you shouldn't miss it.
There are only three
characters in the play
and characters they are.
As funny as you could
ever ask them to be.
Charles NeSmith, Ellen
Willingham and Bruce
Anderson have a field day
with the roles and the
audience is the winner for
it. Although the crowd
was small on opening
night, the enthusiasm and
response it gave were
large. And the applause
was well deserved. If
these three can keep up
the level of energy they
generated that night,
they will have huge
crowds by the end of the
run.
Charles NeSmith is a
consistently fine actor. I
still remember his out
standing performance as
"Nathan Detroit" In
"Guys and Dolls". Once
again in this play he is
perfect as "Milt Man
ville" roustabout and
cad. As much as you
dislike him in the first
act, you come back and
like him in the second. It
takes a talented actor to
bring about that type of
transition and NeSmith is
that much of an actor.
Ellen Willingham is
winningly impish as
"Ellen" the much
married wife. She loves
Harry one minute and
Milt the next, and the
audience loves her
consistently. Ticking off
trivia that her super
intelligent mind has
amassed, "Ellen" is torn
in her need for a man
between Milt and Harry.
The dilemma of her
situation is a delight to
the audience. Ellen is
"Ellen".
Then there is Bruce
Anderson. For years to
come people will look
back on the 1977-78 season
and talk about Bruce
Anderson's performance
as "Harry Berlin". It is
not as much a per
formance as an event. He
flips, he falls, he waddles,
he whines. He is good,
better, best that I have
ever seen him be. Bravo,
Bruce!
Local Farm Group
Hears About Canal
Mr. Doyle Payne, a
retired builder of Atlanta
spoke at the state
meeting of American
Agriculture Thursday
night April 6 at the
Unadilla High School
auditorium. His subject
was “The Panama
Canal" and he brought
out many interesting
facts about the canal,
what giving up the canal
will mean to the
American people, and
what the cost will be.
About twenty percent of
all our farm exports go
through the canal.
On May 6 there will be a
Country and Western
show, the Tom T. Hall
show, at the New Holiday
Hall in Douglas Georgia.
This will be a 2Va to 3 hour
show and everyone is
urged to attend. Tickets
are $6 each and can be
bought from county
chapters.
Meetings are being
held in several sections of
the nation to work on a
charter for organization
Perryan
Stationed
In Calif.
Navy Aviation An
tisubmarine Warfare
Technician First Class
Michael S. Hackworth,
son of Mr. and Mr. and
Mrs. H.H. Hackworfh of
1348 Main Sf., Perry, has
reporfed for dufy wish
Fleet Aviation
Specialized Operational
Training Group Pacific,
Naval Air Station,
Moffett Field, Calif.
He joined the Navy in
July 1969.
I
This play is one of the
best examples of en
semble acting that I have
ever seen. The players
under John Oertling's
direction make each
other better and better In
the roles. They are each
so good that they inspire
the others to go even
beyond what they have
already done. Their
performances continue to
reach even higher levels
as the play goes along.
Bruce Anderson would
not be as loving a loser
were It not for Ellen
Willingham's martyring
"Ellen". Charles
NeSmith would not be as
caddishly boring in the
first act were It not for
Bruce Anderson's
pureness of spirit. And
Ellen Willingham would
not be understandable in
her fluctuations of the
heart were it not for
Charles Nesmith's ability
to turn on the charm. And
the entire performance
would have suffered
without John Oertling's
direction. The timing and
pacing of this play are
perfect.
As you can tell, I luved
it. Go see it.
of American Agriculture.
The only purpose of this
organization would be to
promote agriculture and
the American farmer.
Discussions will be held
in all county meetings as
to ways of organizing.
Amount of dues, and efc.
Ideas from these
meetings will be
presented at the next
state meeting at Unadilla
April 13.
Reports were given
from delegates that had
been in Washington.
Many farmers have spent
much time in the Capitol
working for the benefit of
all our farmers.
Passage of the Dole bill
by the Agriculture
Committee was felt to be
a great victory. Voting by
the Senate will be on
Monday and by the House
on Wednesday. If passed
and signed by the
President, estimates are
that the food budget of the
average family (four)
will Increase about $63
per year. This will
average out to about the
cost of one hamburger
per week, but will put the
farmer back info the
business of farming,
paying his bills, and
buying needed equipment
and materials. Surely
this will boost the
economy, not depress it.
Its very important that
all farmers attend county
and state meetings to
learn what is happening
around the state and
nation. Houston County
meetings are held each
Tuesday night at 8:00 at
the Perry High School
and the state meetings
are on Thursday night at
8:00 p.m. at Unadilla
High School.
r Perry
Chamber
Report 'M
By Ann Conner \SPL
Industrial Development
Committee:
The Houston County
Development Authority
invited our Industrial
Development Committee,
the Houston County
Commission, and others
to meet with them at their
last Board of Directors
Meeting, Tuesday, April
4, 1978. Before the
meeting our committee
was given the opportunity
to give this group a tour
of Perry and our in
dustrial potential. Lewis
Meeks, co-chairman of
our Industrial
Development Committee,
narrated the tour which
included an available
building site, the airport,
our industrial park,
several industries, and
other possible industrial
sites along the way. The
purpose of this tour was
to show our Industrial
potential to the authority
and to the county, to
thank the City of Perry
officials and the County
off f icials for their
cooperation with paving,
sewerage, water and
other utilities, and to
encourage active par
ticipation on a county
wide basis in industry.
Public Affairs Com
mittee;
The Public Affairs
Committee met Tuesday,
April 11th, with Don
Cargill, Manager of the
Governmental Council of
the Georgia Chamber,
and Jim Schell,
Legislative and Political
Affairs Manager of the
U.S. Chamber, to discuss
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What’s Happening
In And Around Perry
The regular monthly meeting of the Perry
Business Women’s Club will be held Thursday,
April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Ochlahatchee Club
House. All members are urged to attend. Bring a
covered dish.
The Perry Junior High School Library Club is
sponsoring its annual fund drive with a car wash
- bake sale from 10.00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday April 15th at the Interstate Service
Station on Sam Nunn Boulevard.
The money raised will be used for consumable
supplies and materials which are needed badly:
such as magazines, newspapers, blank tape,
library week promotion materials and other
ephemeral supplies.
The club members have worked very hard and
are anxious to have your support. So come on out
and buy some “sweets” while we wash you car.
(cars; $1.50)
The Heart of Georgia Barbershop Chorus’ Big
Red Singing Machine will present its annual
show at the Grand Opera House in Macon on May
12 and 13. This year’s show “Hats off to Bar
bershop” is celebrating the 40th anniversary of
the organization of the society. (5.P.E.8.-
S.Q.S.A.) The featured quartet will be the
Vagabonds from Detroit. All seats are reserved
for $3.00 and $4.00 and tickets may be obtained
from Ad Mohr 987-2829 or Joe McNutt 987-1356
until April 24. After that date, they will be on sale
at the Grand Opera House Box Office. The
Macon Chapter supports the institute of
Logopedics.
The Tucker Elementary School will hold the
monthly PTC meeting on Thursday, April 13 at
7:30 p.m. Please attend!
Hotel Motel Tax Advisory Commission
meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18 at 10
a.m. at City Hall.
The Perry Horse Show is scheduled for
Saturday, April 29 at 3 p.m. at the Perry Saddle
Club arena located on the Pitzer Farm off 341 S.
The public is invited to attend. Call 987-2215 for
more information.
The Delphian Club will meet Thursday, April
13 at the home of Mrs. Houser Gilbert. Members
are urged to be present at 3:45 p.m.
participation in
programs sponsored by
the Georgia Chamber and
the U.S. Chamber as well
as to determine
programs on a local level
that could be initiated by
this committee this year.
The Chairman of our
Public Affairs Committee
is Ervin Goodroe,
Building Material
Merchants Association,
and the members of this
committee are: Al
Lasseter, Lasseter's
Furniture Co.; Alton
Hardy, Macon Concrete
Piep Co.; Larry Walker,
Walker, Clarke Mc-
Connell, Richardson, and
Hulbert; Carter Smith,
First National Bank of
Houston County; and
Allen Pritchett, Jr.,
Pritchett Construction
Co.
Do you small business
members know . . . Oc
cupational Safety and
Health Administration
(OSHA) provides one free
copy of its OSHA HAND
BOOK FOR SMALL
BUSINESS to owners,
proprietors, managers of
small business? Booklet
assists employers in
meeting legal
requirements imposed by
and under authority of
Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970.
Publication -OSHA 2209
Revised 1977 -- can be
ordered from U.S.
Department of Labor,
Office of Public and
Consumer Affairs, Room
N .3641, 3rd 8. Con
stitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, DC 20210.